How I Saw My Parents After I Became One

I was raised as an only child by a single mother. Growing up my mom and I were incredibly close, but I was always aware of those periods that were challenging. I knew when my mother was stressed about bills and when she felt guilty for working lon...

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Seema Hariharan, daughter of Jaya Hariharan and mother of Vihaan Everyone says that motherhood changes your life. It’s true, motherhood definitely changes your life, but more than that, it changes your perspective. You get a view of the other side...

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I was a pain in the ass growing up. There’s just no way around that one. I remember telling my parents in anger, “When I grow up and I’m a parent, I’ll be NOTHING like you!” and go storming off into my room, door a-slamming. I remember sitting on ...

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By the time my mom was my age, she was already a widow with two girls. My sister was twelve and I was six when my father and sister passed away in a tragic car accident. It wasn’t until I became a mom myself that I finally discovered the values an...